Lobster Company: Yankee Lobster
300 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210-2066
Boston, MA 02210-2066
The Zanti family, owners of Yankee Lobster
Company, have been in the fishing business for many generations. From
the little fishing village of Augusta, Italy, Guiseppe Zanti Sr ventured
to America in 1898 seeking the fertile fishing grounds that he had
heard so much about from brave fishermen that had gone before. He spent
several decades fishing from George’s Bank to the Gulf of Alaska.
Guiseppe’s stories of fishing intrigued his son, Guiseppe Jr, and in
1921, also ventured to America to make a better future for his family.
Guiseppe Jr. started fishing for lobsters, crabs and fish in the
Boston Harbor area throughout the 1920′s and 1930′s. As his sons grew
up, the art of fishing was eventually passed on to them as well. By the
end of World War II, Guiseppe could see that his family’s future was in
the lobster industry. He began to focus his operation exclusively on lobster fishing, while the other fisherman were still seeking crab. With his sons back from military service, Guiseppe invested in several boats and expanded his fishing operations. In 1950, his sons Joseph and Frank saw an opportunity in the wholesaling of their catch.They convinced their father to open a wholesale-retail operation called “Commercial Lobster” after Guiseppe retired.
In 1989, Joseph Zanti (Frank’s son) and Dennis Kelley (Frank’s son-in-law) took over operations and have been running Commercial Lobster ever since. They continue to provide the finest in fresh seafood from the boat to your kitchen, operating from their new state-of-the-art facility on Boston’s new waterfront.
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